Where does “näppärä” come from?
näppärä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
näppärä (Finnish): dexterous; nifty
Ancestry of “näppärä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 2 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
Words derived from “näppärä”